The Fifth Column

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. www.wethefifth.com

  1. Nothing is Impossible w/ Mark Harmon (Members Only #315)

    4H AGO

    Nothing is Impossible w/ Mark Harmon (Members Only #315)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com He has spent a lifetime around fame, a heroic father, football mythology, and old Hollywood… and somehow still comes off like the calmest guy in the room. -Steve McQueen and a Mini Cooper -what Carl Reiner was really like, and why Summer School still rules -growing up with Tom Harmon: Heisman winner, broadcaster, fighter pilot, legend -the war story Mark on…

    19 min
  2. A Blockade of the Blockade #553

    1D AGO

    A Blockade of the Blockade #553

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe -Where have ye gone Chris Matthews? -California’s governor race is a freak show (Fang Fang rides again) -Bring Kevin Spacey to the table? -Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, and different standards -The anti-gambling jihad -Talks about talks about talks -The good ‘ole days of Lebanon, Libya, Valerie Plame, Bob Novak -Dr. Jesus -Trump versus the Pope -From melting pot to…

    1h 13m
  3. Supreme Court, Inferior Congress w/ Sarah Isgur (Members Only #314)

    2D AGO

    Supreme Court, Inferior Congress w/ Sarah Isgur (Members Only #314)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Sarah Isgur, Executive Editor of SCOTUSblog, has a book! Last Branch Standing is out today. -The Ted Lasso version of the Supreme Court -The Supreme Court is not the 6-3 cartoon people think it is -RBG thought Roe was built on weak foundations -The Court decides legal questions, not good policy vs. bad policy -Congress is now mostly bookers, comms staff, and 535 Inst…

    18 min
  4. The Ceasefire That Wasn’t #552 (w/ Abe Greenwald)

    APR 9

    The Ceasefire That Wasn’t #552 (w/ Abe Greenwald)

    -The wrong Greenwald, but the actual Abe -Everyone loves our ad spots -Iran’s deranged peace menu -Ceasefire, with extra missiles -The joint Hormuz tollbooth fantasy -What Iran lost, even if nobody can sell it -Regime change, but not the fun version -Vanceworld (probably) leaks to the Times -Trump threatens apocalypse, then shrugs -Pakistan, Vance, and easier marks -Groypers and other forms of loser energy -The anti-Jewish right stops pretending -Sovereignty for me, not for thee -When the right starts sounding like the left -Israel’s image problem, and America’s deeper one -RFK Jr. enters the podcast economy Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST. After 10 years, we’ve finally found a sponsor we actually like. Ground News pulls coverage of the same story into one place so you can compare headlines across sources and see how framing changes depending on the outlet. Subscribe for 40% off our Vantage plan using our unique link https://groundnews.com/fifth The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a reader & viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Follow The Fifth Column YouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

    1h 30m
  5. Halfwits, Knuckle Draggers, and Droolers (Members Only #313)

    APR 7

    Halfwits, Knuckle Draggers, and Droolers (Members Only #313)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com BEHOLD, the Mailbag (aka male-bagging, aka you-yell-at-us-and-we-tell-you-to-f**k-off) -The Easter Bunny claps for the Iran rescue -Lie long enough and eventually your conscience taps out -about that Rahm moment -who remembers Jazz Hands? -maybe woke actually is over -Bret Weinstein, vindication for the Evergreen psychos -Helen Keller and her commie ventriloqu…

    20 min
  6. Ten Years of The Fifth Column (#551)

    APR 2

    Ten Years of The Fifth Column (#551)

    The Fifth Column marks ten years with a live, loose, alcohol-assisted celebration featuring Thor Halvorssen, Pete Meijer, Olivia Reingold, Nick Gillespie, and Nancy Rommelmann, with stops along the way for Venezuela, culture war absurdity, Jewish identity, sexual politics, old stories, new grievances, and the usual refusal to keep anything on the rails. WATCH IT on Youtube: The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a reader & viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Follow The Fifth Column YouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

    2h 47m
  7. Cuba, Race, and the American Category Problem w/Ted Henken (Members Only #312)

    MAR 31

    Cuba, Race, and the American Category Problem w/Ted Henken (Members Only #312)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Oh, and Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of this show, yes, on April Fools’. Can you f*****g believe it? Join us for the only appropriate celebration, a LIVE late-night shitfest of alcohol, probable technical mishaps, and some very special guests. -Theodore Henken, plantanified yuma -Why America still can’t quit Cuba -Cuba and the full moon were made f…

    19 min
  8. The Limits of Sound and Fury w/ Rahm Emanuel (Members Only #311)

    MAR 28

    The Limits of Sound and Fury w/ Rahm Emanuel (Members Only #311)

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Maybe I wasn’t exactly a prince * Why nobody should want to stay in Washington too long * The worst job in politics * The ACA, “the three children,” and the birth of the Tea Party * The Great Recession and losing your ticket to the American dream * Trump didn’t invent the anger, he captured it * The no-drinking-until-the-mics-are-off rule * In the Oval Office, the choice is…

    19 min
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Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. www.wethefifth.com

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  • Creator
    Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2026
  • Episodes
    646
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © The Fifth Column
  • Show Website
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